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Local News Briefs
Clinics Arranged Dental clinics
scheduled by the Marion county
health department for this week
-re as follows: Tuesday, 9-12 am.
Bush school, Wednesday, 9-12
a .m, Garfield a n d Englewood
schools;'! Thursday, 9-12 a jn
Washington. Other clinics sched
uled are: infant, Siiverton, 1-3:30
p.m. Tuesday; immunizations and
vaccinations, 9-12 - ajn. Wednes
day, Hubbard school; 1:30-3:30
pjoa. Wednesday, Hubbard school
clinic; ; 9:30- 12 a Jn Thursday,
Infant clinic, health department;
9:30-12 a.m., Friday, immuniza
.tions and "vaccinations, Liberty
school; 9-11:30 a-in, Satuday,
.vaccinations and immunizations at
health department. "
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank my friends and customers
for the kind cooperation shown
me while I operated "Stoddord's"
at 2535 Portland Rd. Thanks folks,
Frank Stoddard
First Aid Given City first aid
ers picked up C. C. Runyan, 475
North Summer street, at State
and Commercial streets at" 9:43
Saturday mosning after' he had"
Suffered a heart attack and took
him home. Roger Wollesen, 8
years old, 2325 Myrtle avenue,
jcut his thumb with an ax Satur
day and first aid men were called
shortly after 6 pjn. They cleaned
.the wound and advised that the
Iad: be taken to a doctor for stit
ches. Wanted Healthy 13 yr. old boy
wants a home and go to school
in town. Will pay board or work
for part of keep. Box 2452 States
man. .
Pastor Appointed The Rev.
Father Michael J. Raleigh, former
pastor of St Joseph's church in
Salem and chaplain at state in
stitutions," has been appointed
pastor of the church at the new
town of Vanport, north of St.
Johns. Father Raleigh has been
at St. Patrick's Catholic church
In Canby.
Unusual records in point of time
and efficiency in typewriting are
being made in the Typewriter
Dept. of the Capitol Business Col
lege.' An expert instructor is in
charge. . .
Club to Convene Townsend
club. two will meet Monday night
at the Leslie church.
Obituary
Walker .
Oren K. Walker, 59, late resi
dent of route one, Aumsville, at a
local hospital Wednesday, Febru
ary 3. Survived by brothers, Lee
Walker of Emporia, Kans., Leo
Walker of Boulder, Colo., Fred
Walker "of Witchita, Kans., Henry
Walker of Kansas City, Kans.,
Bryan Walker. Colorado; two sis
ters in Colorado. Announcement
of services to be made later by
Terwilliger - Edwards Funeral
home.
Dirks
Henry David Dirks, at the age
of 68, passed away at his home
in Pratum, February 4. Survived
by wife, Lydia; daughter, Lena
Broscha of Mt.dison, Wis.; one son,
Ervan Dirks in the US army in
Alaska; one sister, Mary Yergen
of Salem; two brothers, - J. W.
Dirks and r John D. Dirks of
Moundridge, Kans. Funeral an
nouncements later by Terwilliger
Edwards Funeral home.
Todhunter
Mrs. Annie Todhunter, late resi
dent of 680 North Summer, at a
local hospital, February 5. Sur
vived by husband, Marshall W.
Todhunter; daughter, Mrs. Hazel
H. Austin of Salem; one son, Ray
W. Todhunter of Spokane, Wash.;
two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Costello,
Bancroft, SD, and Mrs. Mary Mun
dell, Chatfield, Minn. Services
will be held from Clough-Barrick
chapel Monday, February 8, at
1:30 p. m., with Rev. Irvin Wil
lianms. officiating. Interment in
Belcrest Memorial park.
McCrackea .
- Charles William McCracken, at
. Walla Walla, Friday, February 5.
Survived by wife, Mrs. Florence
-McCracken ,of .Walla Walla; two
oisters, Mrs. EUa Kilen of Mc
Minnville, Mrs. E. O. Beckley of
Salem; stepbrother, A. N. Hum
phreys of Palo Alto, Calif. Grave
side services will be held Mon
day, February 8, at 10 a. m. in
the lOQF cemetery. Direction of
Clough - Barrick company. ; Rev,
James Smith will officiate. -
Davis
Robert Davis, infant son of Mr.
and -Mrs. Austin Davis, Friday,
February 5, in Portland. Survived
also by grandparents, . Thurman
Davis .and Mr. and Mrs. .Israel
Hartman, all of Salem. Services
will be held Monday, February 8,
at 3 p. m. from the Clough-Barrick
chapel, with Interment in
Belcrest Memorial park.
Francis Benjamin Simpson, late
resident of Jefferson, Ore, at a
Portland hospital, Saturday, Feb
ruary 6, at the age of 75 years.
Survived by one son, J. C Simp
on of Portland; two sisters, Mrs.
Etta Adams, Bothel, Washu, and
Mrs. Rills Brady of, Tacoma,
Wash.; two '-. granddaughters, Mrs.
Doris Zehner and Mrs. ' Nadine
Miller, both of : Salem. Services
will be held from the .Christian
church at Jefferson Tuesday, Feb-;
ruary 9, at 2 p. m. under direction
of Walker-Howell funeral home.
Ritualistic services will be under
auspices of Jefferson lodge No. 33,
AF&AM. Concluding services, in
the Jefferson cemetery.
Says Food Scarce While visit
ing in Salem Saturday, Jim Max
well, northwest area secretary' of
the YMCA, mentioned that meat
Is extremely difficult to procure
in Seattle, where Maxwell has his
headquarters. Maxwell, who met
with the boys work committee of
the Salem YMCA, showed little
faith in price ceilings . now lin
force in Seattle, saying that prices
on meats are still rising.
Cracked cy. blocks welded in the
car. ! Reasonable. Iowa Machine
and Welding Shop. 205 Chemeketa
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Foot Become Members The
four newest members of the Sa
lem 1 chamber of commerce, ac
cording to the chamber's bulletin,
are Dr. W. J. Stone, county health
officer, 206 Masonic building;
Charles S. McHhinny, special rep
resentative of Oregon Mutual Life
Insurance company; Caspar Sc
Cutler, furnace manufacturers,
Portland road; and Dr. K. H. Wa
ters,4 408 Pioneer Trust building.
For home loans see Salem Fed
eral. 130 South Liberty.
Justice Appointed Appoint
ment of Will Hebenton, Fossil,
as justice of the - peace of the
Fossil district, was announced by
Governor Earl Snell here Satur
day. Hebenton- will serve a term
of one year. He succeeds James
A. Johnson, who now resides .at
Thej Dalles.
Lutz florist Ph. 9591 1276 N. Lib.
Dog Owners Warned Less than
750 dog licenses have been issued
in : Marion county to date this
year, although there are approxi
mately 5500 dogs owned here,
according to County Clerk; Lee
Ohmart, who warned Saturday
that , dog license: payments be
come delinquent March 1.
Tooths Leave Home Listed as
missing Saturday afternoon from
the state Fairview home were Ed
ward Lutz, 23; Grove Blanchard,
21; Henry Geelan, 16, and George
King, 17, all of whom had left af
ter 12:30 p.m., state police were
told. All were wearing blue over
alls. Taxes Turned Over Into the
county treasury Saturday from
Sheriff A. C. Burk's tax collection
office went $55,681.15 from the
1942 tax roll; of this, $13,287.83 is
earmarked for the Salem school
district and $5429.05 for the city
of Salem.
Bonds Goal Set The Portland
office of war bond organizations
has informed Joseph B. Felton,
acting leader of Marion county
bond boosters, that the Marion
county quota for the month of
February is $410,000 in series E
bonds alone.
Commander's Bond Approved
County Judge Grant Murphy has
approved the $1000 bond of Art
hur M. Gottenberg, commander of
Delbert Reeves post, No. 7, Ameri
can Legion, who handles soldiers
and sailors' indigent fund money.
Car Stolen C. T. Malcom, con
tractor at the Salem airport, re
ported to state police late last
week that his car had been stolen
from the downtown storage gar
age where it had been left approx
imately a week earlier.
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank my friends and customers
for the kind cooperation shown
me while I operated "Stoddard's"
at 2535 Portland Rd. Thanks folks,
Frank Stoddard.
Licensed to Wed Among the
marriage license applicants in Se
attle on Saturday were Otto Hoick,
49, 1140 State street, and Marie
Phillips, 39, also of Salem.
Licensed fat Vancouver A mar
riage license has been issued to
Carl Shores of Camp Adair and
Louise Otterson of Monmouth at
Vancouver, Wash.
Townsendites to Meet Town
send club three will meet Tuesday
at 8 psn. at 17th and Court
streets.
Officer Ouster
Denied by Judge
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb.
Circuit Judge James W. Crawford
Saturday, denied a petition to oust
incumbent officers of the Portland
AFL Boilermakers union.
. He told A. E. Jordan and John
Bigor, who claimed they were
elected to office recently but that
the incumbents prevented their
seating, that , they must exhaust
other remedies open to them with
in the union before taking court
action, : ..,-
Officers of , the International
have started an investigation of
the disputed election. -
PUBLICS
regordSv
craccrr COURT ;
Pearl J. Vasby vs.' William P.
Vasby; decree of divorce grants
custody of two children and $30
a month support money to plain-
Tena Mae Harrison vs. ' Allen
C Harrison; decree of divorce to
plaintiff ; restores name ' of Tena
Mae Bacon; answer filed declares
defendant is in military ; service.
PROBATE COURT : '
William Brown estate; appraised
at $40,000 by M. L." Meyers, Leo
N. Childs and Asel C. Eoff. j.
JUSTICE COURT . ' , .'
Langdon J. James; not chauf
feur's license; $1 and costs.- "
MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS "
Lloyd -Shafer, 18, farmer, Ger
vais, and - Margaret A. Kraemer,
17, Mt. Angel. T
MUNICIPAL COURT- ?
Donald ? El wood Reiger; reck
less driving; $25 fine, with $10
suspended. - '
Early
Urged
Help
."People are not filing as fast as,
they should,' said 5 Paul Lynch,
deputy collector in the bureau of
internal revenue. "We assist rw-
ple in making out federal income
tax returns which must be com
pleted on or before March 15."
To take .care of inquiries and
assist in preparing income tax
filings, the local bureau has add
ed four permanent workers to
the staft More may be added later
when the 1943 tax program is de
cided. Lynch urged those wishing help
on filings to come into the office
now as the crew will be reduced
at deadline time, members being
sent to other points of collection.
The office is open from 9 a. m. to
5 p.m. daily.
Stockholders
Of PEP Ask
PORTLAND, Feb. 6.-y5VA
group of preferred stockholders of
Portland Electric Power company
sought by court action Saturday
to include the Portland General
Electric company in the current
Pepco reorganization under the
federal bankruptcy act
H. B. Beckett, attorney for the
stockholders' protective commit
tee, charged in a petition filed in
US district court that certain PGE
directors .are neglecting interests
of the preferred sharholders to
the benefit of eastern bond hold
ers. He also charged that PGE com
pany officials executed a new pro
posed power contract with Bonne
ville authorities this week without
consulting stockholders.
Parolee and Youth
Charged, Theft
Fred Trumbly, on parole from
the state penitentiary here since
March 30, 1942, and Hugh Strong,
Salem youth, were arrested in
McMinnville on Saturday by state
police who charged them with
theft of an automobile from E. F.
Amort, Aumsville.
The automobile had been taken
from the 100 block on South High
street Friday afternoon and was
recovered in McMinnville.
Trumbly, according to peniten
tiary records, was committed to
the prison here, November 13,
1940, from Polk and Deschutes
counties. The Polk county senten
ces were for six car thefts, three
years on each, to run concur
rently. . " "
Tawanka Camp Fire
Croup Elects
.Tawanka Camp Fire group
meeting Thursday afternoon elect
ed the following new ; officers:
Joyce-Armstrong, president; 'Bet
ty , Lou Glenn, vice - president;
Jean Clements, secretary; Mary
Swigart, scribe; Joyce Jensen,
sergeant-at-arms, and Jacqueline
Berkey, song leader. J.
Judges on Board
Gov. Earl, Snell Saturday, an
nounced the appointment of Judge
Ervin L. Peterson of Marshfield
and Judge Carl L. Chambers of
Pendleton as members of the Ore
gon board of forest conservation.
Both of these appointees serve at
the pleasure of the governor, . :
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Republicans
;day
Slate Dinner!
Here Thurs
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:An address by. C hancellor
Frederick M. Hunter of the state
system of higher education will
highlight on Thursday the 32nd
annual ; dinner, in celebration of
the- 134th anniversary of Abra
ham Lincoln's birth, given by the
Marion county republican central
committee in cooperation with
the Oregon Republican club. Pro
America and the' Federation- of
Young Republicans.
Robert S. Farell, jr., secretary
of state, will, act as toastmaster
for the 6:30 program at the Mar
ion hotel. . -
Also on the program willl be a
group of songs by the American
Legion auxiliary quartet and
group singing led by William Mc
Gilchrist, sr.
Special guests invited-are Gov.
and . Mrs. Earl Snell, Mr. j and
Mrs. Farrell; State Treasurer and
Mrs. Leslie M. Scott; L H. Van
Winkle, attorney general; W. E.
Kimsey, labor commissioner; Neil
Allen, Grants Pass, chairman, re
publican state central committee;
Carl Moser of Portland, execu
tive secretary, state central j com
mittee; Robert Fisher, jr., Eugene,
president of the Oregon Republi
can club; Ralph H Cake, . Port
land, national committeeman;
Mrs. John Y. Richardson, Port
land, vice-chairman, state central
committee; Mrs. George Gehrlin
ger, Portland, national commit
tee woman; House Speakerj and
Mrs. William McAllister; ! Sen.
Pres. and Mrs. W. H. Steiwer.
C. A. Lewis is chairman of the
general committee, assisted by
Mrs. R. L. Wright, Joseph B," Fel
ton, Mrs. M. M. M a g e e, j Sam
Speerstra, B. E. Owens and ; Wal
ter Lamkin.
Heading the program commit
tee is John Carkin, with Felton
and Speerstra as associates. As
sisting the chairman of the; com
mittee on decorations, Mrs. jH. R.
Wood burn, are Mrs. Paul Ficke
and Mrs. M. M. Magee. j
The ticket committee is headed
by B. E. Owens, assisted by Mrs.
R. L. Wright, A..E. LaBranche,
Sen. Frederick S. Lamport, Harry
Humphreys of Stayton, J. T. Jones
of Jefefrson, Hirsch Shusterowitz,
Mrs. Ronald Jones of Brooks,
Fred Schwab of Mt. Angel, Ed
Banks of Siiverton, Jim Wilson,
Fred Mitchell of Turner, Gordon
Tower and Walter Lamkin. Ralph
Nohlgren and C. A. Lewis are the
banquet committee. t
Reservations, may be made by
calling B. E. Owens, phone 3169,
or any member of the ticket com
mittee. '
Flier to Be Guest
Of Salem Chamber
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Maj. Douglas Sharp, one of Sa
lem's war aviation heroes, Mrs.
Sharp and the major's mother are
to be guests of honor at the Sa
lem chamber of commerce lunch
eon Monday noon, Manager Clay
C Cochran announced Saturday.
Speaker for the day will be Lee
C Stoll, Portland, area director
for . the war manpower commis
sion, who will be introduced by
L. O. Arena, member of the state
industrial accident commission.
Flynn Freed ;
By Jury From
Morals Charge
LOS ANGELES, Feb. .-ff)-Film
, Hero Errol Flynn strode
happily from a superior court
room Saturday, : cleared of char
ges that he had played the vil
lain's role in real life.
After deliberating 13 hours," a
jury pi nine women and three
men at 11:19 a. m. PWT) acquit
ted the tall, handsome actor . of
adventure films on three counts
of "Statutory rape which the state
alleged he had committed against
two teen-age girls.
The bitterly-fought trial ended
on a friendly note. Flynn, of
course, was overjoyed, the judge
said he thought a just verdict had
been returned, the chief of coun
sel . declared "justice has pre
vailed,'' and the prosecutor com
mented only that "it was my duty
to prosecute. the case."
' The verdict came at the end of
a 20-day trial, and climaxed one
of Los Angeles' most - spectacular
courtroom dramas. '
' Flynn had only a brief state
ment to make..
"My confidence now has been
justified in essential American
justice. I really mean it. I didnt
become an American citizen, for
nothing; The fair -play I received
during the trial proves that. ' I
want, to, thank all those who stood
by me during the trial."
- As for the two girls who found
themselves thrown' into the lime
light with one of . America's most
glamorous male figures: -
Betty Hansen,' in custody of
juvenile authorities, ' will be 'sent
home to her parents in Lincoln. -
And the beauufuJdark -haired
Peggy La Rue Satterlee is going
home to Applegate, Calif., to re
sume her studies as a high school
sophomore. ' - '
Ordnance Officer
Expected Today
In Strike Confab
To the conference which Satur
day included employer, employe
and federal government represen
tatives in the Keith Brown Build
ing Supply company .attempted
strike settlement was to be added
today an army " ordnance1 officer,
members of all other groups .'in
volved anticipated Saturday night.
Hoping that the man sought might
have authority needed to aid in
straightening the tangle and put
100 men back to work early this
week, conferees awaited a tele
phoncall from his late Saturday.
J. C. Tutt, Portland, commis
sioner of conciliation with the fed
eral department of labor, arrived
in Salem on Saturday morning to
meet with the group and was to be
here today if the session materialized.
The strike, called Thursday
night, grew out of a dispute as to
the type of work represented by
a new defense contract, at the
company's plant here and the
hourly wage payment involved.
School Activities
For Week Include
Student Election
Semester elections at Parrish
junior high school are scheduled
for Tuesday morning's assembly
of the student body in the senior
high school auditorium.
Regular city school board meet
ing is to be held Tuesday night in
the administration office of the
school office building. . '
Garfield and Highland .schools
are to have assemblies at 1 p. mT
Wednesday, with the sixth grade
and Miss Julia C. Noble's rooms,
respectively, in charge.
Grant school is to have an as
sembly at 9:10 - a. m. Thursday;
and Leslie junior high school, a
pay assembly at 10 a. m. that day.
Model airplanes are to feature
the Parrish assembly at 10:15 Fri
day morning. One o'clock assem
blies are planned for Friday aft
ernoon -at Washington and . Bush
schools, with Miss Bany's room in
charge of the Bush program.
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Greetings and Gifts
For your Mother, Sister, Friend or ;:
Sweetheart. - ' ,
Hero at th Commerckd Book stor you will, find xnl types
of eppropriato Valentino cifts party , favors, Valentine
tally cards, and Valentine make-up kits. Save toe by .
seeing our selection firstl
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First Tin Can Collection Here
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Salem's first city-wide collection of prepared tin cans by the
school children will be launched here on Thursday and Friday,
February 18 and 19, City School Superintendent Frank B. Ben
nett announced Saturday. -
Cans will be picked up from the
desidential districts of Salem and
concentrated - at - school buildings.
Subsequently,; they will be collec
ted by members of; the local bev
erage bottlers industry and trans
ported to rail sidings for loading
directly onto cars and shipment to
the detaining' plant at South San
Francisco, Califs . -.
Proceeds , of .the leans . will be
turned over .to local chapters of
the Red Cross. '
On : the . same dates, . cans -.also
will be picked up in specified out
lying districts through the cooper
ation of 25 rural schools near Sa
lem. Arrangements for these "lat
ter collections are .being made
through the office ;of Mrs. Agnes
C. Booth, county school superin
tendent. ' - . ; .
Housewives in Salem and adja
cent areas are being urged to lend
their fullest cooperation to the tin
can program by contacting the
student nearest their home and
advising him of .the quantity of
cans available for collection, Supt
Bennett said. He further suggest
ed that residents set their cans out
on their doorsteps the night pre
ceding or the morning of the start
of the. collection campaign in or
der that children can' pick them
up promptly and transport them
to their respective schools'.', i
' Also emphasized lay officials is
the fact , that pone but prepared
cans those which 'have been
washed,' tops and bottoms cut off.
labels removed, and flattened
may be accepted by the students.
: County schools, In 'addition to
those in Salem, which will parti
cipate in this initial collection pro
gram include Keizer, Mission Bot
tom, Waconda, Buena Crest,
Brooks, Lake La!sH, Labish Cen
ter, Hazel Green,' Central Howell,
Middle Grove, Hayesville, Prat
um, - Auburn,- Macleay, Rickey,
WitzeL Turner, Sunny side,' Pr in
gle, Salem Heights, Liberty, Rose
dale, ' Ankehy, Roberts and River
dale. ' .
- j The forthcoming drive Is expec
ted to provide some criterion of
the quantity of cans available for
collection throughout all of Mar
ion county, officials explained.. It
is probable that a second pickup
then may be made a month later
on a more general basis and in-
3 Sentenced
To M Years
Each. Prison
Back to the state penitentiary
Saturday went three young resi
dents of the Salem area, all of
whom had pleaded guilty to char
ges of contributing to the delin
quency of a minor the same
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A fourth member of the group,
also allegedly involved, was giv
en two weeks in which to get into
the army or appear for sentence.
Sentenced by Judge E. M. Page
on Saturday morning, each for
two and one half years, were Ver
non Melvln George, Marvin
Fricke and .Jess Holland, all ex
convicts. The four-year old
daughter of Holland entered the
most moving plea of the day, ask
ing the judge to "please. . . send
my daddy back home." However,
under the Oregon law, a man
once convicted of a felony is not
eligible for parole from the bench,
Holland's family was told.
Also in court Saturday, Carl
Anderson, entered a plea of in
nocent to an NSF check charge
and was continued for, trial.
eluding communities such as Sii
verton, Independence, Monmouth,
and Stayton districts. . .
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